See Also: edit(1)(dictionary)
edit(2)(dictionary)
pre-edit(dictionary)
edit(dictionary)
post-edit(dictionary)
Edit Distance(law)

edit(2) (iou)



edit verb trans. L18.
[Partly from French editer publish, edit (based on edition: see EDITION); partly back-form. from EDITOR noun.]
Publish (a literary work previously existing in manuscript). Only in L18.
Prepare an edition of (a work or works by an earlier author); bring into order for publication, after compilation by others or oneself; act as editor of (a newspaper etc.); reword for a purpose. L18.
edit out remove from the final version of a book, account, film, etc.
K. Amis He gave a compressed, but otherwise only slightly edited, account of his past relations with Margaret.
b. Prepare (a film, tape, etc.) by rearrangement, cutting, or collation of recorded material to form a unified sequence. E20.
editable adjective M20.